Dr. Vijay Pal Singh works as a Veterinarian in the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology and Assistant Professor at the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). Before this assignment He was Joint Director, Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI). He is a Graduate in Veterinary Medicine, a Postgraduate in Dairy Husbandry and milk processing & a Doctorate in Biotechnology. He is a specialist in Lab Animal Science, Risk assessment and Risk Communication, Anti Microbial Resistance, Food Safety, Systematic Review, Biosafety and Biosecurity, Microbiological food safety. Appointed International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE) Regional Secretary for India. Auditor of Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) (ISO 22000), National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (ISO 17025), and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) Also, members of several international and national body notables are Pacific Rim ad hoc specialist –AAALAC International, Diplomate-Indian College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Expert, Special Focus Group in Animal welfare of World Veterinary Associations, University Federation of Animal Welfare (UFAW) University link for India, Consultant, food safety, World Health Organization (W.HO).Regional Resource Person, World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), Member, Indian Pharmacopeia Commission, Expert Working Group for Alternatives to Animal methods in Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) Dr. Singh has more than a decade of experience in research and policy framing. He has played a pivotal role in conducting 7 international courses on Laboratory Animal Science as a part of improving the research being done on lab animals. He has 40 indexed research articles two books and five book chapters in indexed journals along with a vast experience of attending many international courses related to lab animal science and animal welfare.
Laboratory animal Science, Animal Welfare, Animal Ethics, systematic Reviews, Anti-Microbial Resistance, Quality assurance, Food Safety Management System, ISO 22000, ISO-17025,Food Microbiology, Risk Assessment and Risk Communication, Biosafety and Biosecurity, Transport of hazardous agent. Applied Ethology, Alternative to animals, Good Laboratory Practices (GLP).